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The two-year pilot program covers a section of Chelsea and is funded by the company and a local nonprofit development group. It’s the city’s largest public network to date.
Engineers in Japan are working on a car safety system that uses specific imagery to indicate exactly what will happen if the driver doesn’t correct their behavior.
Humans experience joy in a multitude of ways, yet the varied forms of suffering—death, divorce, separation—return to one root principle: loss. What drives the fear of loss is something far […]
Investors are banking on Ovuline, a company that helps women track their fertility online. They claim that their average user will conceive more quickly than the national average.
The pioneering technology, which involves a combination of different medical imaging systems, could eventually replace conventional autopsy.
The HAPIFork senses how quickly you’re eating and vibrates when you’re going too fast. It’s built on the theory that slower eating helps the body regulate fullness.
This weekend, I saw a story on AU’s Wall of Separation blog that was too funny not to share: According to the Jacksonville Daily News, members of the Baysden Chapel […]
Now that restrictions have been placed on which businesses can sell beer and when, Russian citizens are of two minds about the matter.
Here’s something worrying. People are worried. A survey taken in December found that increasing numbers of people are pessimistic about the future. 44% said they were fearful about what […]
One of the country’s most conservative religious parties sets the record straight after a statement was made on Christmas asking non-Muslims not to use the word.
Individuals’ personalities – yours and mine included – are not as stable as we think they are.
Today at the Stone, Stephen Asma brings some post-holiday season grinchitude to bear on the concept of universal love. The call to love all the world’s citizens as oneself is […]
What will it mean to have a dissenter like Chuck Hagel as an ombudsman at the top at the Defense Department?
While the Congress debates sequestration and other ways of trimming spending in specific departments and agencies, it should not miss the tremendous opportunity now presented by the financial markets.
In times of unprecedented change and uncertainty, we need to ask ourselves what are we certain about?
It was this map of Greenland that triggered this post. I say map, but I mean hole in a drainpipe. This picture was sent in by Ruland Kolen, who was […]
The recent gang-rape and subsequent death of a Delhi woman has highlighted not only the problem of public safety, but the solutions some are seeking to protect themselves.
University of Oxford research psychologist Kevin Dutton conducted interviews at England’s most dangerous psychiatric hospital to glean some wisdom from the most ruthless among us.
How long does it take to know that you’ve found The One—or someone who you might want to see for a second date? I found the answer to this and […]
As we age, the brain degenerates. When this occurs, the channels of communication form different pathways, usually unlocking different ways of recalling and expressing memories.
As of January 1, underweight models are prohibited from working in runway shows and appearing in print ads. Supporters hope the law will help reverse the growing problem of eating disorders among women and girls.
Medical researchers want to test a new molecular compound on humans which has effectively reversed Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. The compound is called TFP5.
The idea that willpower is a finite resource quickly depleted is wrong, according to a study out of Stanford University. Belief in one’s own willpower makes it a stable fixture.
Officials say their proposed curriculum will ensure less violence and more morality among young citizens. Critics say it will make the country less competitive globally and doesn’t address deeper education issues.
If computers are to interact with humans as other humans do, they will have to learn to be funny, or at least think they are funny. Computer scientists are teaching machines to tell jokes.
While I think this conversation has already gone on long enough, I guess I should mention that Reap Paden has left a comment on my post from last weekend about […]
We’re told to have a positive attitude; that love conquers all; that anger is unhelpful and hate unneeded. Evangelists of optimism would drown us in their toothy smiles and keep […]
I’m taking a break from talking about conservative diversity to think more about justifying the content of liberal education these days. So here’s an account of chairs of departments of history […]
Why can we face up to our inconsistencies in the past but not expect more in the future?